culยทture
/หkษlCHษr/
The characteristics and knowledge
of a particular group of people,
encompassing language, religion,
cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
noยทmads
/หnลหmads/
People who do not stay long in the
same place; ย wanderers, travelers.
Currently in Brisbane, QLD
Total Miles Traveled: 20,163
culยทture
/หkษlCHษr/
The characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts.
noยทmads
/หnลหmads/
People who do not stay long in the same place; ย wanderers, travelers.
Currently in Brisbane, QLD
Total Miles Traveled: 20,163
Welcome to Our Family Travel Blog
Welcome
Welcome to Our Family Travel Blog
Welcome
Our family is traveling the world, making memories, and learning. We just sailed from French Polynesia to Australia on “Hanavave,” a 38-foot Fountaine Pajot catamaran.
Travel with us:
Culture Nomads on Travel + Leisure’s Podcast
Culture Nomads on Travel + Leisure’s “Let’s Go Together” podcast
I heard about your incredible adventure on the podcast and have since done a deep dive on your Instagram. What you are doing is simply inspiring!!
Pre-covid we took our kids (7 & 9) to NZ and Australia for 6 weeks but I have long dreamed of doing what you are. I wonder if I shoud wait till our kids are in their teens though :).
I will continue to follow your travels but just wanted to say: stranger to another stranger: I believe the gift you are giving your kids right now is the absoute best gift of all. And you inspire me…so thank you!
Crossing the South Pacific: Sailing Tahiti to Australia
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane: A 13-Day Passage
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 3 | Bora Bora to Fiji: A 15-Day Passage
We are a family of 4 traveling the world full time. Currently, we are sailing the South Pacific from French Polynesia to Australia.
Grant is an Aussie Best-Selling Mindful Leadership Author, Speaker and Business Strategist and Jana is a Czech born and raised Creative Directorย andย Artist. Our son, Jack, is 16 and our daughter, Stella (aka Stellie, Ellie, or Bean) is 15. We also have Mackie and Paigie, 9-year old Labradoodles and Phoebe, a 3-year old Great Dane.
Since 2020 has turned out to be a crazy year, we decided to sell our home in Charlottesville, Virginia, move into “Thelma & Louise,” a 2002 Monaco Diplomat RV and a 2016 Jeep Wrangler and travel the U.S. and Mexico.
After almost 8 months of traveling the U.S. and Mexico with Thelma and Louise, we transitioned to “Hanavave,” a 38-foot catamaran in Tahiti. We will spend the next few months sailing French Polynesia and the South Pacific to Australia.
We invite you to travel with us by following our social channels below.
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Jana & Grant
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Jack & Stellie
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Paigie, Phoebe & Mackie
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Thelma & Louise
“Why We Sold Our Home to Live on a Bus and Travel Full-Time”
by Grant & Jana
“Why We Sold Our Home to Live on a Bus and Travel Full-Time”
by Grant & Jana
“How We Stay Safe & Healthy While Traveling Full-Time during COVID-19”
by Grant & Jana
“How We Stay Safe & Healthy While Traveling Full-Time during COVID-19”
by Grant & Jana
“Lessons From the Road | Less is More: Adventure Over Stuff”
by Jana
“Lessons From the Road | Less is More: Adventure Over Stuff”
by Jana
Our Trip
Trip
Our Trip
Trip
About Us
About
About Us
About
Best-Selling Author & Business Strategist | MacGyver
Creative Director | Artistย Outdoorsย
16 | Soccer Player | Music | “The Office”
15 | Artist | Singer | Animal Lover | Anime
Hanavave
Tour
Hanavave
Tour
About Thelma the Bus
About
About Thelma
About
Thelma was our 2002 Monaco Diplomat RV. We spent almost 8 months traveling the U.S. and Mexico with her between November 2020 and June 2021. She was 40-feet long and had a main living area with a custom built dining section, kitchen section with a fridge, freezer and pantry, two custom built bunks for the kids and a wardrobe with a large cabinet and drawers. The bathroom area was in between the main living area and the back bedroom, which had a queen size bed, large closet and plenty of cabinets and drawers for storage.
Thelma towed Louise, our 2016 Jeep Wrangler. Upon moving on to Hanavave, a catamaran in French Polynesia, we sold Thelma and Louise and they both now live in Washington State.
We will always cherish the memories we made while traveling with Thelma & Louise.
Thelma was our 2002 Monaco Diplomat RV. We spent almost 8 months traveling the U.S. and Mexico with her between November 2020 and June 2021. She was 40-feet long and had a main living area with a custom built dining section, kitchen section with a fridge, freezer and pantry, two custom built bunks for the kids and a wardrobe with a large cabinet and drawers. The bathroom area was in between the main living area and the back bedroom, which had a queen size bed, large closet and plenty of cabinets and drawers for storage.
Thelma towed Louise, our 2016 Jeep Wrangler. Upon moving on to Hanavave, a catamaran in French Polynesia, we sold Thelma and Louise and they both now live in Washington State.
We will always cherish the memories we made while traveling with Thelma & Louise.
ย Our Travel Blog
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Please note that the focus of our blog is not to be a travel guide or a review site. Rather, it is a family diary of our travels accompanied by “Reflections,” which are thought pieces about our experiences.
As we are currently living on a sail boat in French Polynesia, our internet access is quite limited and we are unable to post daily diary entries. You can visit our social media channels for short updates and we will be posting recaps and reflections of longer time periods less frequently.
Thanks for traveling with us! ๐โ๏ธ
ย Our Travel Blog
Travel
Please note that the focus of our blog is not to be a travel guide or a review site. Rather, it is a family diary of our travels accompanied by “Reflections,” which are thought pieces about our experiences.
As we are currently living on a sail boat in French Polynesia, our internet access is quite limited and we are unable to post daily diary entries. You can visit our social media channels for short updates and we will be posting recaps and reflections of longer time periods less frequently.
Thanks for traveling with us! ๐โ๏ธ
Travel Diary
Travel
A log of what we get up to, including a photo and video galleries.
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passage
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passageinstagramfacebookyoutubetwitter ย A Long-Awaited Departure After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th....
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 3: Bora Bora to Fiji Passage
After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th. Like the rest of French Polynesia, Bora Bora was in COVID lockdown, and we had spent the last week waiting for our departure paperwork to go through all the requisite bureaucratic channels. This required multiple trips to the local gendarmerie (police station), where Grant quickly befriended the two kind and helpful officers, Alex and Bruno.
Sailing
Sailing
Video episodes of our South Pacific Crossing
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passage
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 4: Fiji to Brisbane Passageinstagramfacebookyoutubetwitter ย A Long-Awaited Departure After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th....
Sailing Tahiti to Australia | Leg 3: Bora Bora to Fiji Passage
After having waited in French Polynesia for two and a half months, we excitedly sailed out of Bora Bora around 7:30 am on Saturday, September 4th. Like the rest of French Polynesia, Bora Bora was in COVID lockdown, and we had spent the last week waiting for our departure paperwork to go through all the requisite bureaucratic channels. This required multiple trips to the local gendarmerie (police station), where Grant quickly befriended the two kind and helpful officers, Alex and Bruno.
Places
Places
These are some of the states we have visited so far. Click here to view all.
BC
Baja, Mexico
UT
Utah
National Parks
Parks
These are some of the National Parks we have visited. Click here to view all.
AZ
Grand Canyon
UT
Arches
Our @jessalfrancis kicked butt in her criterium race in Brisbane last night. Jessa is beyond impressive. She is going to be competing in the National Championships this week and weโll be cheering her on through the TV.
๐ท @jack_gamble_shoots
We celebrated Grantโs birthday yesterday by taking the City Cat down the Brisbane River to Bulimba, where we lived 12 years ago and New Farm Park, our favorite park in the city. The City Cat is a great way to see Brisbane and we had a fun day visiting familiar places from long ago.
Happy New Year! We wish you all a healthy, peaceful and joyful 2022.
Click the link in our bio for a video that encompasses all our travels over the last 14 months, going backwards from December 2021 to October 2020.
We sold our home and set off from Charlottesville, Virginia on November 1, 2020. For the next 8 months, we traveled in Thelma and Louise, a 40-foot bus and a Jeep. We drove 10,000 miles through the U.S. and Mexico, visiting 11 national parks along the way and spending three months over the winter parked on the beach on the Baja.
We said goodbye to Thelma and Louise in Seattle in June 2021 and moved to Hanavave, a 38-foot Fountaine Pajot catamaran in Tahiti, French Polynesia. For the next four months, we lived aboard the boat, sailing Hanavave from Tahiti to Brisbane, Australia. During our voyage, we spent almost 30 days at sea. While at times difficult, this was an experience of a lifetime for our family.
Our year of travel was deeply transformative for us all both individually and collectively. We chose to sell our home and give ourselves the gift of stepping out of the mainstream to explore the world and ourselves. We emerged full of love and gratitude and with profound clarity on how we want to live and what we want for our kids and their future.
We hope to go forward as stewards of what's truly important: a deep connection to ourselves, each other and our world. We also intend to make our choices with a deep respect for the planet.
While we are now settling in Australia, we will never stop traveling.
Byron Bay
We had the most amazing couple of days with the White Family at Bald Blair Angus Farm in Guyra, NSW. Not only is this farm incredibly picturesque, but the way the White Family cares for it and its animals is a privilege to witness.
Queen Mary Falls, NSW
Experiencing magic in Nimbin, NSW. ๐ท @jack_gamble_shoots
TRAVEL WITH US!
We are currently sailing the South Pacific to Australia.
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Thank you for joining us, have a great day!